Dish Network DishPVR 508, DishPVR 501, 121716 manual Troubleshoot the Remote Control

TROUBLESHOOT THE REMOTE CONTROL

What’s	What’s Wrong	What You Can Do
Happening
While you do	• If you don’t press	Start over again.
a remote	any button
procedure, the	for 20 seconds in
remote control	a programming
“times out.”	sequence,
	the remote
	“times out.”
	• If you hold a
	button longer
	than two
	minutes, the
	remote control
	stops
	transmitting to
	save battery life.
When you	• Maybe the	• Replace the remote batteries with
press the	batteries are	fresh ones.
remote control	weak or dead.
Power button	• Maybe you didn’t	• Make sure the receiver power cord
to turn the
	plug the receiver	is plugged into a power outlet.
receiver on,
	power cord into a
the receiver’s
	power outlet, or
front panel
	maybe there’s a
Power light
	problem with the
doesn’t turn
	power.
on.
	• Maybe the	• Press SAT to set the remote to SAT
	remote isn’t in	mode to control the receiver.
	SAT mode.
	• Maybe the	• Make sure the remote and the
	remote and the	receiver have the same address.
	receiver have	See Change the Address on
	different	page 9.
	addresses.

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